Belleville school cleaned, reopened after MRSA diagnosis

10:26 AM,
Oct. 16, 2013

Written by

Tammy Stables Battaglia
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

A Belleville elementary school has been scrubbed and is open for classes today after a student was diagnosed with MRSA on Tuesday.

A parent of the Edgemont Elementary School student notified the district about the physician's diagnosis Tuesday evening, today said Pam Johnson, executive assistant to Van Buren Public Schools Superintendent Michael Van Tassel.

"We had the affected areas thoroughly cleaned," Johnson said. "They sent over a crew last night. The bus the student was on was pulled and thoroughly cleaned. And we sent out a notice to all parents about the (diagnosis)." ...